I believe that it is very important to be yourself. Pretending to be someone else would give
people a different picture of who you really are. By acting like another person, you are in a
way creating a clone of that person and in the process losing your own
identity. Imagine if everyone decided
that they wanted to be Walt Disney.
Although Walt Disney may have been a good person who inspired countless
artists, children, and adults, this would not be a desirable scenario. Just picture it. Everywhere you look there is a Walt Disney
personality. Perhaps this gives a
representation of how necessary originality is in our world. Everyone has special skill. Those skills may not be the same as that
person's friends or peers; the individual may not even know that he or she has
any skills. These talents, perhaps for a
while unrecognizable, provide contributions for society and, if used right,
make it a better place. Since everyone
has their own calling in life, it would be a waste to try to mimic what someone
else's purpose is. This blocks the
person from reaching his or her potential.
How can a person come to develop
his or her own talents if he or she is too busy acting like someone else? Oftentimes, someone may want to act like someone
else because that person is talented at something, attractive, smart, or funny,
etc. . . . So, instead of realizing that
he himself is special, that person may want to follow the crowd in order to
gain popularity or feel better about himself.
The Bible reminds us, however, that it is what is in a person’s heart
that is truly important, not how funny, attractive, or intelligent he is.
“But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance
or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees
not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the
heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7)
Before anyone was born, that person was given a special purpose
in life. Spending any time trying to be
a clone of someone else would be a waste of the talents that the talents that
we already possess.
"I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them." (Psalm 119:14-16)
my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them." (Psalm 119:14-16)
"1 Samuel 16:7 (English Standard Version)."
BibleGateway.com. Crossway Bibles, 2001. Web. 6 Mar. 2013.
"Psalm 139:14-16 (English Standard Version)."
BibleGateway.com. Crossway Bibles, 2001. Web. 6 Mar. 2013.
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